ELKHART GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC.
NPI 1477551489
General Acute Care Hospital in Elkhart, IN

Q: What is Elkhart General Hospital, Inc.'s NPI number?

The NPI number for Elkhart General Hospital, Inc. is 1477551489. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on July 13, 2005.

Q: What is Elkhart General Hospital, Inc.'s specialty?

The primary specialty registered for this NPI is General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.

Q: What quality rating does Elkhart General Hospital, Inc. have?

CMS rates Elkhart General Hospital 4 out of 5 stars overall on Care Compare, based on measures of safety, patient experience and outcomes. The full measure detail is in the Hospital Quality Ratings section above.

Active since July 13, 2005

4/5

Hospital Overall Rating

600 EAST BLVD, ELKHART, IN 46514(574) 523-3200(574) 523-3492 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: October 16, 2024. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 16, 2026.

Record update history: May 10, 2023, Dec 1, 2022 (2 updates tracked since 2022).

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About Elkhart General Hospital, Inc. NPPES

Official registry information on file with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System.

ELKHART GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC. (NPI 1477551489) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Elkhart, Indiana and active in the NPI registry since July 2005. The organization maintains a secondary practice location in Elkhart and lists Jeffrey Costello, Cfo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1477551489

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameELKHART GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC.

Location Address600 EAST BLVDElkhart, IN 46514-2483

Mailing Address600 East BlvdElkhart, IN 46514-2483 · (574) 294-2621 · Fax (574) 523-3492

Phone(574) 523-3200

Fax(574) 523-3492

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialJeffrey CostelloCfo · (574) 647-3460

Enumeration DateJuly 13, 2005

Last NPPES UpdateOctober 16, 20242 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedOctober 16, 2024

✔ NPI 1477551489 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses 2

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in IN · 05-005017-1

Definition

An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.

Also ListedPsychiatric UnitTaxonomy 273R00000X

600 EAST BLVD, Elkhart, IN 46514

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Secondary Practice Location 1

Location 1303 S Nappanee St Ste BElkhart, IN 46514-2066 · Phone (574) 294-2621

Other Identifiers 1

Medicaid100268340AIN

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Ambetter from Buckeye Health Plan, Ambetter from Meridian, Ambetter Health and more.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Elkhart General Hospital (CMS certification number 150018), from CMS Care Compare.

Elkhart General Hospital

Acute Care Hospitals · Elkhart, IN

4/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipGovernment - Local

CMS Certification Number150018

Location600 E BlvdElkhart, IN 46514 · Elkhart County · (574) 294-2621

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

3/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

3/5

Doctor communication

3/5

Staff responsiveness

3/5

Communication about medicines

2/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

3/5

Quietness

2/5

Overall hospital rating

3/5

Recommend hospital

3/5

Star ratings summarize responses from patients surveyed after discharge, collected through the CMS HCAHPS program.

Complications & Deaths 19

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

3.8 No different than national

Death rate for heart attack patients

13.4% No different than national

Death rate for CABG surgery patients

1.8% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

7.7% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

10.7% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

15.4% No different than national

Infections 6

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

2 observed cases · 4.855 predicted · 6,078 patient days

0.412 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

3 observed cases · 5.69 predicted · 5,706 patient days

0.527 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

0 observed cases · 2.389 predicted · 90 patient days

0.000 No different than national

SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy

1 observed case · 1.153 predicted · 131 patient days

0.867 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

1 observed case · 2.782 predicted · 61,201 patient days

0.359 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

9 observed cases · 25.309 predicted · 58,568 patient days

0.356 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 14

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

142 more days than average per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

284 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

362 days per 100 discharges

Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)

406 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

45 No different than national

Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

45 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 17

Emergency department volume

High

Percentage of healthcare personnel who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations

13.5%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

92%

Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit A lower number of minutes is better

206 minutes

Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit- Psychiatric/Mental Health Patients. A lower number of minutes is better

340 minutes

Left before being seen

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

92%

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure

Yes

Other Providers at the Same Location NPPES 20

Providers registered at the same practice address, or within the immediate area, according to the NPPES registry.

NICOLE S BRUNETTE MD

Emergency Medicine

600 EAST BLVD, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
ELKHART, IN 46514

Elkhart County (574) 523-3161

MEREDITH ALCINDA MAYFIELD PA-C

Physician Assistant